Systems Engineer

WHO WE ARE 

Basis Technologies delivers software and services to automate digital media operations for more than 1,000 leading agencies and brands. 

Our comprehensive ad tech platform, Basis, supports the planning, reporting, and financial reconciliation of direct, programmatic, search, and social media, all in one place. 

We are deeply committed to building software that will change the ad tech industry for the better and are equally dedicated to building an inclusive culture of highly motivated individuals who create a positive and supportive environment together. We invest in our culture and support our employees so they can do their best work. 

Basis Technologies is headquartered in Chicago, and our employees have the flexibility to work in an office location, completely remote, or a hybrid of the two. Please note, we are hiring on a remote working basis only in the U.S. and Canada.

ABOUT THE TEAM 

Technology is at the core of what we do. Basis Technologies' innovative Engineering team designs and develops new features and integrations for Basis, our industry-leading, comprehensive software solution. Our platform processes over 300 billion events per day and uses AI and machine learning to automate and simplify the entire digital campaign process. 

This team is all about data—and in order to create value from the massive amount of data we collect, engineering leverages their dynamic Data Engineering, Data Science, and Business Intelligence teams to create insights that benefit the industry as a whole. 

WAYS YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE

As a Systems Engineer you will work with developers to help them with the Kubernetes transition by using CI/CD tools, while leveraging best practices. This role will work with developers on a variety of tasks from troubleshooting incidents, to aiding in design decisions for new features and services. We tend to also lead the discussion around monitoring. This position is responsible for systems monitoring, resolving technical issues in production and other environments. This role will also be a consultant for engineering teams providing support to gathering applications metrics, alerting and monitoring. Being comfortable providing input and supplying supporting arguments is a necessary skill to be successful in this position.

OTHER WAYS YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM ARE BY

• Engineering and supporting all of Basis’ systems and infrastructure
• Supporting and maintaining the application life cycle, change and incident management
• Creating automated tasks/workflows to remove repeat work
• Maintaining system and applications deployments for infrastructure supporting millions of transactions per second
• Change and Incidents and Management for Applications life cycle
• Performing systems monitoring and performance tuning to optimize systems performance
• Being available 24x7 for on call emergencies on a rotational basis
• Enabling CI and CD through development of appropriate tools and infrastructure.
• Joining technical discussions, providing insights based upon past experiences and implementing the best solutions.
• Working across application stack to move software to production, as needed.
• Developing self-service solutions to help increase productivity and reduce unnecessary roadblocks

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE

• Experience managing and using Kubernetes in production
• Experience running Docker in production
• Experience with infrastructure management in AWS using terraform.
• Familiarity with the entire development cycle of applications using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or Harness.
• Familiarity with Systems Performance and troubleshooting.
• Coding skills in Python or Bash
• Knowledge of infrastructure management and automation systems: Terraform, Salt Stack, Stack Storm

BONUS POINTS

• Harness experience is a plus
• Passion for highly distributed and highly available systems

OUR TECH STACK

• Ruby, Java, Python, and Node
• Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Zookeeper and Consul 
• PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ
• AWS
• Terraform, Salt Stack, Stack Storm
• Jenkins, Harness

ANYTHING ELSE? 

Don't think you have all the skills required for this role? That's okay, we recognize that experience can be built in many ways. If you have relevant skills that are not reflected in your resume, we welcome your candidacy and encourage you to share more in an optional cover letter, even if your experience doesn’t match our exact requirements.

LIFE WITH BASIS TECHNOLOGIES

We take care of our people and believe that our success depends on the growth and well-being of each one of our team members.

We've been proudly recognized as:

Ad Age, Best Places to Work 2023, 2022, 2013

Built In, Best Workplaces 2023, 2022, 2021

Crain's Best Companies to Work for in Chicago 2022, 2021, 2020, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Crain's Best Companies to Work for in New York 2022, 2021, 2014

Dallas Morning News, Top Workplaces 2021, 2019, 2015

Denver Post, Top Workplaces 2022, 2021, 2020

Denver Business Journal's Largest Employers 2022, 2021, 2020

Fortune Magazine, Best Workplaces 2022, 2021, 2020, 2015, 2014

We provide a thoughtful perks and benefits package including competitive 401k/RRSP matching, mental health support, a funded health savings account, paid sabbatical, generous parental leave, a flexible work environment and time off policy, and more. 

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building teams that are diverse in thought, perspective, and culture. We celebrate all team members regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race or cultural background, religion, disability, and age.

Basis is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application processes. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected]. 

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